EXCLUSIVE: Irina Shayk is helping to calm Tom Brady’s ‘anxiety’ about his career being over as NFL season looms by ‘taking his mind away from the field’ – as former QB tells pals he’s ready to ‘build their relationship into something special’

Irina Shayk is helping to calm Tom Brady’s career-ending ‘anxiety’ as football season approaches, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.

The 37-year-old supermodel is reportedly supporting the 46-year-old NFL legend while agreeing he will never return to the field.

Tom would now “use the free time he has to develop their relationship into something special.”

It comes after the new couple has been spotted having a series of encounters, including a 48-hour stay at a London hotel and a date night at a New York City sushi restaurant.

Irina Shayk helps calm Tom Brady’s ‘anxiety’ about his career being over as football season approaches, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal

A source told DailyMail.com: ‘Irina is helping with Tom’s anxiety that has developed over the past few weeks as he has been preparing to play football for so long at this time of year.

“The new relationship is going so great for many reasons, but a major reason is that she takes his mind off the field.

“He misses the NFL, he misses playing, but he’s not going back, and thanks to Irina, he can focus his attention on her, and use the free time he has to build their relationship into something special.”

“Things are going really well and he loves that she came into his life at just the right time. It’s something that just feels natural, good, and comforting.

“He enjoys every minute and just anticipates what the next step might be.”

DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Tom and Irina for comment.

It’s just the latest update on the new couple’s budding romance.

Earlier this month, Tom and Irina spent two days together at the Twenty Two hotel in London’s Mayfair.

The former New England Patriot arrived at the hotel early Sunday morning and checked in at 2 a.m. after driving to London from Birmingham on Saturday night.

Earlier this month, Tom and Irina spent two days together at the Twenty Two hotel in London’s Mayfair, but were seen apart as they entered and exited

It wasn’t until late July that photographers caught the pair cozying up with the ex-NFL quarterback who was caught stroking the model’s face after an overnight stay at his LA home.

He left the hotel at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday morning through a side entrance on his way to the airport. Irina left the five-star hotel five minutes before him through a side entrance.

And the 48-hour rendezvous took place a month after their relationship first came to light.

It is said that Tom and Irina first connected when they both attended the wedding of billionaire art heir Joe Nahmad and his longtime girlfriend, Madison Headrick, in May.

But it wasn’t until late July that photographers first caught the pair cozying up in Brady’s car after spending the night together.

According to an onlooker, Tom picked up Irina from a hotel on a Friday afternoon in late July and took her to his house.

They left his residence around 9:30am the next morning and he later dropped Irina – who was wearing the same clothes as the night before – back at her hotel in his luxury car.

The legendary NFL quarterback was caught stroking the bombshell’s face after the late-night rendezvous at his Los Angeles home.

Tom was previously married to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen (left) for 13 years and Irina dated ex-boyfriend Bradley Cooper (right) from 2015 to 2019

Tom and Gisele share two children – son Benjamin, 13, and daughter Vivian, 10 – and Tom is also father to 15-year-old son Jack from his previous relationship

Days after news of their budding relationship broke, the new couple enjoyed a date night at a New York City sushi restaurant, according to a Page six eyewitness.

Brady was escorted to a “private room” in the eatery minutes before Irina entered and taken to the same room.

“It was just the two of them. They were just in their own little world. They clearly didn’t want to be around people,” the insider said.

Tom was previously married to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen for 13 years, and the former spouses share two children: son Benjamin, 13, and daughter Vivian, 10.

Since the former couple broke up, Gisele has been seen hanging out with jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente, though they have not officially confirmed a romance.

Tom is also father to 15-year-old son Jack from his previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan.

Irina has a daughter named Lea de Seine, six, with ex-boyfriend Bradley Cooper, 48, who she dated from 2015 to 2019.